NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
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1 Fake news source?
5 ___ lab (hosp. location for stent placements) 9 “American Psycho” novelist 14 To whom Mama Cocha was goddess of the sea
15 Fantasy foe 16 Smallest South Pacific nation 17 Rise in the air 18 “Veep” actress Duvall
19 Biblical mount 20 Pilates target 21 Establishment offering tom yum soup or pad woon sen noodles
23 Most immediate
25 GPS options: Abbr. 26 Yellow-flowered medicinal plant 27 Goes toe to toe (with)
29 Can alternative 32 Fantasy foe
34 “___ said …” 35 Certain entry requirement 36 Acclaimed HBO comedy series whose creator stars as himself 41 Unwanted responsibility 42 Strand in a cell 43 Dallas pro 44 Relentlessly follow 45 Vodka brand, informally 47 Leisurely paces 51 Wheels on a base
52 Recover from a bender
54 Risky baseball strategy that’s indicated four times in this puzzle? 58 Stand-up comedian Wong
59 Boots
60 Within reach 61 Body image? 62 Work at St. Peter’s Basilica 63 Ending with leather or towel 64 Body part that’s an anagram of 11-Down
65 This is for suckers
66 One of 28 in a Monopoly box 67 Negroni garnish
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1 The flowers in Amy Lowell’s “Your great puffs of flowers / Are everywhere in this my New England” 2 Certain to happen 3 Pursues, as a hunch
4 Good name for a marine biologist? 5 Runs together, in a way
6 Tips for shoemakers 7 ___ leches
(Latin
American cake) 8 Summer eruption
9 Comes after 10 Haunts
11 Roman goddess who’s an anagram of 64-Across 12 Modern-day site of ancient Persepolis 13 Word with power or strong 21 Lachrymose 22 Many a fancy hotel lobby 24 Self-important types
28 Kind of guidance
29 Soccer great Hamm
30 Biblical mount 31 Agricultural item that Nigeria produces more of than the rest of the world combined 33 Nevada senator Catherine ___ Masto
35 Joie de ___
36 The fish in fish and chips, commonly
37 Cry at a card table
38 It’s cut by a dancer
39 Still sealed
40 Did nothing 45 School board? 46 Falls behind
48 Big competitor of Microsoft and IBM 49 University with a pelican mascot
50 Kind of column 51 Compact Volkswagen 53 Sculled, e.g. 54 Dips in gravy 55 Give up
56 End-___
57 Politico Buttigieg 61 Condiment for a burger